How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

SMEs keep pace with security challenges

Security teams in small and midsize businesses are doing a better job in enabling the mission of their organisations. With fewer resources, 44% of SMEs say their security teams are keeping pace with the changing needs and growth of the business, compared with 42% of...

Majority of SA organisations deploy extra email defences

The vast majority (95%) of South African organisations use third-party solutions in addition to what is offered by their email providers to help secure their email against the growing volume of cyberattacks. This is among the findings from new Mimecast research that...

SA startup secures online payments

Shepherd Trade Secure, specifically designed for the South African market, eliminates the risk of fraud by taking cash and personal contact out of the online classified experience. Powered by Standard Bank and endorsed by Gumtree South Africa, it is believed to be...

Smartphone users field 50k spam calls daily

The Truecaller community has reported more than 800 000 spam calls in South Africa, with a total of 50 000 spam and unwanted calls detected every day across the country. "Thousands of smartphone users are the victims of spammers in South Africa every day," says Husain...

Absa equips young people for work

Absa has debuted its ReadytoWork employability initiative in South Africa, helping to train and equip young people for the world of work. This follows the successful roll-out of the initiative in six of the countries in which Barclays Africa operates: Zambia,...

Server revenue, shipments on the up

In the third quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 9,2% from the third quarter of 2014, while vendor revenue increased 7,5% year over year. "The third quarter of 2015 produced growth on a global level with mixed results by region," says Jeffrey Hewitt,...

WeChat to invest R50m in African tech startups

WeChat Africa plans to invest R50-million in tech startups in Africa, to support local entrepreneurs and technology innovations. The company will identify promising tech startups via an application and selection process, and support their speedy entrance into the...

R150m fibre factory for Durban

Global telecommunication optical fibre supplier YOFC will invest R150-million in a new fibre cable manufacturing facility in South Africa. Yangtze Optical Fibre (Africa), with headquarters in Johannesburg, will construct an optical fibre cable manufacturing plant with...

Africans believe corruption is getting worse

A majority of Africans say corruption has risen in the past 12 months and most governments are seen as failing in their duty to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals, according to a new opinion poll from Transparency International. In the report "People...

South Africans’ gambling to reach R30bn

Gambling revenues improved in Africa in 2014, despite challenging and weakening economies. Gross gambling revenues in South Africa posted their second-largest annual increase over the past five years, with casinos taking the largest share of this growth by rising 4,5%...

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